Robert A. George's ruminations on politics, race, pop culture, sports, comic books & various other sundry temptations of the human condition. Yes, he writes for the New York Post, but the views here are solely his own.

Saturday, May 21, 2005

Made of Sterner Stuff

At least one witness in the steroid hearings this week got it. NBA Commissioner David Stern to the over-the-top Stephen Lynch (D-MA): "[T]he reality is, it worries me greatly if the absence of testing for any body -- including the members of Congress -- would somehow be used to say, 'Well, if you don't have it, that's proof that it must exist,' and then referring to a policy as pathetic." (Emphasis added.)Exactly. Which raises the question: If Congress deems that children might get the wrong idea if they suspect that their sports heroes are using drugs to get ahead, then why not pass a law mandating every member of Congress take for random drug-testing? Surely passing laws is far more important than hitting a home run or scoring a touchdown?